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The Dark Side of the Universe after Planck

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-06-16 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Recently released Planck data implies a smaller Hubble constant H0H_0 than that from Hubble Space Telescope project (HST) and a larger percentage of the matter components Ωm\Omega_m compared to Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) in Λ\LambdaCDM model. In this paper we found that even though the tension on H0H_0 between Planck and HST can be relaxed if the dark radiation is introduced (ΔNeff=0.5360.224+0.229\Delta N_{\rm eff}=0.536_{-0.224}^{+0.229} at 68%68\% CL from the datasets of Planck+WMAP Polarization (WP)+baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO)+the combination of supernova Union2.1 compilation of 580 SNe (Union2.1)+HST), Ωm\Omega_m from Planck is still not nicely compatible with that from SNLS. The tensions between Planck and other astrophysical datasets can be significantly relaxed in wwCDM model, and the combination of these datasets prefers a phantom-like dark energy at more than 95%95\% CL: w=1.15±0.07w=-1.15\pm 0.07 and w=1.16±0.06w=-1.16\pm 0.06 at 68%68\% CL from Planck+WP+BAO+Union2.1+HST and Planck+WP+BAO+SNLS+HST respectively. From the statistical point of view, there is no evidence for a time-evolving equation of state (Δχ2=0.3\Delta \chi^2=-0.3 compared to a constant equation of state for the combination of Planck+WP+BAO+SNLS+HST).

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@article{arxiv.1306.4091,
  title  = {The Dark Side of the Universe after Planck},
  author = {Cheng Cheng and Qing-Guo Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.4091},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages, 11 figures; refs added; version accepted for publication in Phys.Rev.D